BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday his government would have collapsed had Hungary not converted billions of euros worth of Swiss franc mortgages into forints before the franc's surge in January.
Orban's government ordered Hungary's banks, about half of which are foreign-owned, to convert the loans late last year at the then market exchange rate.
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